Domestic exposure to fungal allergenic particles determined by halogen immunoassay using subject's serum versus particles carrying three non-fungal allergens determined by allergen-specific HIA

Indoor Air

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 438-445

  Sercombe, J K ^a   Liu Brennan, D ^a   Mckay, K O ^a,b   Green, B J ^c   Tovey, E R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeroallergens; Airborne fungi; Allergen exposure; Bioaerosols; Fungal allergens

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; FUNGI; IMMUNOLOGY;

AEROALLERGENS; AIRBORNE FUNGI; ALLERGEN EXPOSURE; BIOAEROSOLS; DUST MITE; FUNGAL ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INHALABLE; INHALABLE FRACTIONS; LIVING ROOM;

ALLERGENS;

ACARI; BLATTARIA; CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGI;

ALLERGEN; ALLERGEN BLA G 1; ARTHROPOD PROTEIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS ANTIGEN P 1; FEL D 1 PROTEIN, FELIS DOMESTICUS; GLYCOPROTEIN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC USE; FEMALE; FUNGUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ARTHROPOD PROTEINS; CHILD; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; FEMALE; FUNGI; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUEENSLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904091551     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ina.12087     Document Type: Article

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